Drones - Providence Business News

TEST FLIGHT: Erin Linebarger flies a prototype robotic drone in Newport. The drone was developed by Robotics 88 Inc., the company she co-founded with Tyler Lane to assist with prescribed fire planning, which involves controlled burns to remove dead and harmful vegetation to prevent the spread of wildfires and allow for new growth. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning

Entrepreneurship 03/15/2024

When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s...

Amazon testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Government 10/18/2023

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The...

SKY’S THE LIMIT: Drone Ability Inc. owner Kraig Mitchell, who has muscular dystrophy and is confined to a power wheelchair, says flying drones has allowed him to rediscover his freedom and independence.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Soaring where eagles dare

Entrepreneurship 04/28/2023

Though confined to a power wheelchair, Kraig Mitchell perceives the world from on high, zooming up to the clouds and back down through open...

Five Questions With: Christopher Williams

Technology 02/25/2020

The ways we use drones have increased over the past few years. Recent news stories have shown drones being developed for everything from delivering...

SURVEILLANCE TECH: Joe Janson, founder, owner and CEO of NVTS Night Vision Technology Solutions in Jamestown, in his design and integration testing lab with components to be integrated into a large camera system.  / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

NVTS has vision for problem-solving

Entrepreneurship 01/25/2019

Specialized cameras that integrate seamlessly with technology and provide secure services for the military and commercial customers are the business of NVTS Night Vision...

PowerDocks, LLC Announces its Memorandum of Understanding with dotOcean NV to...

Press Releases 09/26/2018

Newport, RI, 9/25/18 – PowerDocks, LLC, a USA based marine technology developer which designs and manufactures Marine Autonomous Powered Docking Platforms (MAPDs) and dotOcean...

DRONE PILOTS have seen a precipitous fall in the going rate of commercial drone flights as technology lowers the barrier for entry and the market becomes more crowded. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ JAMES MACDONALD

Drone pilots’ $2,000 pay tumbles 90% in `race to the bottom’

Technology 05/14/2018

NEW YORK - Andy Trench made $2,000 a day in 2015 taking sky-high photographs along the East Coast with a drone he made himself....

AQUABOTIX TECHNOLOGY CORP. FOUNDER DURVAL TAVARES holds one of the company's underwater drones at its Fall River offices. In a recent management shake-up, he has left the company. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

These drones can swim

Entrepreneurship 07/28/2017

When Durval Tavares in 2011 first launched Aquabotix Technology Corp., an underwater-drone technology company, he entered into the recreational space. The idea was to prove...